School baseball: Sandwich works extra to beat Marshfield

EAST SANDWICH — Christian Harold led off the top of the eighth inning with a triple and scored on John Cassista's sacrifice fly to deep center to give fast-starting Sandwich a 5-4 victory over Marshfield on Thursday.

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By CAPE COD TIMES

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By CAPE COD TIMES

Posted Apr. 11, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By CAPE COD TIMES

Posted Apr. 11, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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EAST SANDWICH — Christian Harold led off the top of the eighth inning with a triple and scored on John Cassista's sacrifice fly to deep center to give fast-starting Sandwich a 5-4 victory over Marshfield on Thursday.

Sandwich improves to 3-0 overall and in the Atlantic Coast league.

Due to construction at Marshfield High School, the Rams were the home team despite the game being in Sandwich.

Riley Sorensen earned his second win of the season, striking out eight and allowing six hits over seven innings. Dan Perry pitched the final 2/3 of an inning, retiring the final two hitters on a popout to the catcher and strike out after Marshfield put runners on second and third.

The Rams forced extra innings with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh.

"I had gray hair going into the game," said Sandwich coach Dick Ferris. "I think now some of it fell out."

Harold had two hits, including an RBI single in the Blue Knights' three-run third inning. Cassista also had a fielder's choice to drive in a run in the inning and Jake Golden drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Nantucket 15, Cape Tech 0: Will Ferreira hit for the cycle and pitched three innings for the win as the Whalers blanked the Crusaders in Harwich.

Ferreira capped his seven RBI afternoon with an inside-the-park grand slam homer in the top of the fourth. The Nantucket (2-0) senior also had a two-run triple in the first, a single in the second and a double in the fourth. Ferreira pitched the first three innings and struck out three while yielding just one hit.

Andrew Ray went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Whalers while Riley Fusaro scored four runs and Dylan O'Connor scored three times.

Nate Leibowitz pitched the final two innings for Nantucket and allowed two hits.

Cape Cod Academy 6, Sturgis East 5: Jack Massari struck out 10 and Noah Holland had a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fifth as the Seahawks rallied to defeat the Storm.

Massari pitched a complete game and was aided by three nice defensive plays. Left fielder Aaron White and center fielder Lou Devesto robbed extra-base hits in the outfield and Holland caught a wind-blown pop up at third to end the game.

Holland had two hits for CCA (2-0) and Billy Carlton had a two-out single to drive in two runs in the first.

Pope John Paul II 19, Sturgis West 0: Pope John Paul II used a 13-run third inning to win its third straight game, which was called after five innings.

Ben Gibson was the beneficiary of the explosion. The senior right-hander threw four two-hit innings and fanned eight. Matt Thacher struck out two in the fifth.

The Lions had 10 hits in the third inning - the big one a three-run homer to right-center by Kevin Marsh — and 19 hits in the game.

Every Lion starter had at least one hit.

Marsh, Connor Kennedy and Matt Santos all had three hits for the Lions.

Mike Young, Collin Russell and Ben Crago and two apiece and Brady Jones had one hit and two RBIs.

Tom Cunning and Finn Swanson had singles for Navigators.

East Bridgewater 16, Mashpee 7: Freshman Nick Carpenter went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored but the Falcons dropped their third straight South Shore League contest.

Kris Carpenter had two hits and drove in two runs for Mashpee (1-4) while Curtis Bridge and John Giatrelis also delivered a pair of hits.